mark 1 (1 freq. in the literal sense)
1.
target, butt:
fig. phr. “beyond the of,”
beyond the reach of
Cor. II. ii. 94
“he fought Beyond the
of
others,”
Ant. III. vi. 87
“Beyond the of
thought.”
2.
“God bless” or “save the ,” probably orig.
a formula to avert an evil omen, and hence used by
way of apology when anything disagreeable or
improper has been mentioned, or to express impatient
scorn at something said by the speaker Gent. IV. iv. 21, 1H4 I. iii. 56, Rom. III. ii. 53, Oth. I. i. 33.
3.
attention, notice,
observance
Meas. V. i. 320
“As much in mock as
,”
Oth. II. iii. 325
“the contemplation,
,
and denotement of her parts;—of
no ”
of no importance or note 1H4 III. ii. 45.
4.
object serving to
mark a spot at sea, sea-mark
Sonn. cxvi. 5
“an ever-fixed , That
looks on tempests and is never
shaken”
; fig. guiding object, ‘example,
pattern’ (Schmidt) Wint. IV. iii.
[iv.] 8 “Your high self, The gracious
o' the
land,”
2H4 II. iii. 31
“the and glass . . .
That fashion'd others.”
